flood /flud/

1. A great flow of water
2. An inundation
3. A deluge
4. A condition of abnormally great flow in a river
5. A river or other water (poetic)
6. The rise of the tide
7. Any great inflow or outflow, eg of light, tears or visitors
8. A floodlight (informal)

1. To submerge (land) in water
2. To overflow
3. To inundate
4. To supply in excessive quantity
5. To supply (an engine) with too much petrol, thus preventing it from starting

1. (of land) to be submerged in water
2. To overflow
3. To flow (in) in great amounts
4. (of a woman) to bleed profusely, as after childbirth or in exceptionally heavy menstruation

floodˈed adjective

floodˈing noun

1. A flood or the process of producing a flood
2. A haemorrhage in the uterus

floodˈgate noun

A gate for allowing or stopping the flow of water, a sluice or lock gate

flood lamp noun

A floodlight

floodˈlight noun

1. Lighting of a large area or surface by illumination from lamps situated at some distance (also floodlighting)
2. One of the lamps providing such lighting

To illuminate (an area) with floodlights

floodlight projector noun

Housing and support for a floodlight lamp with a reflector for directing the light into a suitable beam

floodˈmark noun

The mark or line to which the tide or a flood has risen

flood plain noun

An extensive level area beside a river, formed of deposits of sediment brought downstream and spread by the river in flood

floodˈtide noun

The rising tide

floodˈwall noun

A wall built as protection against floods

floodˈwater noun

floodˈway noun

An artificial passage for floodwater

flooded out

Forced to leave a building because of a flood

the Flood

The deluge, described in the Old Testament (Genesis 6–8), that covered the whole Earth, and from which Noah and his family and livestock escaped in the ark

open the floodgates

To remove all restrictions or controls

implode /im-plōdˈ/

1. To (cause to) collapse inwards suddenly and violently
2. To pronounce or sound by implosion (phonetics)

implōdˈent noun

An implosive sound

implosion /-plōˈzhən/ noun

1. A collapsing inwards
2. In the formation of voiceless stops, compression of enclosed air by simultaneous stoppage of the mouth parts and the glottis (phonetics)
3. Inrush of air in a suction stop (phonetics)
4. (in behaviour therapy) a method of treating phobias in which the patient is exposed intensively to the object of fear (also called flooding; psychology)

implosive /-plōsˈiv or -plōzˈ/ adjective

Of or relating to implosion

1. An implosive consonant
2. A suction stop or (sometimes) a click

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